Photo and Commentary ©2024 by Maylan Schurch
Friday, October 4, 2024
This past February in a parking lot I noticed this heartwarming scene. The owner of this dog was inside a nearby store or some other building accomplishing some task or other.
But notice what the dog is doing, and what it isn’t. It’s not barking, which is what some less-focused dogs do when I come close to their cars. It’s not leaping in a frenzy from back seat to front seat. And it’s not lying on one of the seats drifting into a light doze. It’s not gnawing at what looks like a paperback book on the passenger seat, or trying to open what looks like a bottle of Perrier. Instead, it’s perched atop the car interior’s highest point, facing forward, no doubt in the direction it had seen its owner go.
Nice little parable about how Christians should be anticipating the return of Jesus, right? Jesus has insisted that we should “watch and be ready,” as the song says, not (of course) sitting motionlessly but carrying on the work we’re supposed to do, un-distracted by shiny objects. Here’s how He put it:
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. (Matthew 24:44 – 46 NKJV)
In other words, no hermit cave, no head in the sand, no paranoia. Just carrying out your responsibilities knowing that your Savior’s return is near.
Here are some more Scriptures about this amazing, history-concluding event:
https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/topics/second-coming-jesus-christ